Obama speaks on Iraq in Washington
Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) delivers an address on America's Iraq policy during a speech in Washington on July 15, 2008. Obama said if he were elected one of his first priorities would be to begin a troop withdraw from Iraq and refocus on finding Osama Bin Laden. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- As the United States braces for a major escalation in the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan, it is launching a new drive to kill or capture Osama bin Laden, declaring that he's the key to defeating al-Qaida.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- The capture or death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is important in the fight against the militant organization, a U.S. military commander said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida won't be vanquished until after Osama bin Laden is captured or killed U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal told lawmakers in Washington Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Though largely contained, al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb poses a unique threat to North Africa that requires international attention, a scholar says.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. war strategy in Afghanistan may include a renewed push to capture or kill al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden, the U.S. national security adviser said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the United States has not had any reliable intelligence on the whereabouts of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden for "years."
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A Pakistani journalist challenged claims made by a Taliban detainee in Pakistan that Osama bin Laden is hiding out in southeastern Afghanistan.
LONDON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said he doesn't think al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is in Pakistan, as many Western leaders believe.
LONDON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Pakistan must do more to break up al-Qaida and make "more progress in taking out" Osama bin Laden.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Osama bin Laden was cornered in the Afghan mountains in 2001 but the United States did not deploy massive force to capture or kill him, a Senate report says.
